I've not opened on of these cans but I have opened some shield audio transmitters. I just use my Hakko temperature controlled solder station at a high setting and work my way around the edge. It can be done non-detructivly. Solder wick helps a lot, use a bunch of it to get rid of the excess solder. The tiny tip on a temperature controlled solder pencil does not look very powerful but the temperer controller will crank up the watts to whatever is required for the job. I think mine limits out at 80W. So just a normal solder station can work. It works for both the muMetal cans and the steel cans
On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 8:53 AM, <ewkeh...@aol.com> wrote: > Hi > I use wire cutters like on a Morion I find a small lip and start pealing it > away. No trauma for the OCXO and simple. > Bert Kehren > > > In a message dated 2/2/2014 10:07:36 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > li...@rtty.us writes: > > Hi > > If you are tossing the can, a mill is by far the best way to open up an > OCXO. That of course assumes you have a mill... > > It's not a chip intensive process. You can easily do it with an X/Y table > on a drill press. Of course that assumes you have all of that stuff.... > > Bob > > On Feb 2, 2014, at 2:37 AM, Stewart Cobb <stewart.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > What's the best way to open an OCXO in the typical solder-sealed tinned > > steel can? I don't mind destroying the can itself, as long as the > innards > > are not harmed. The goal is to run some experiments with thermal > impedance > > as discussed here last week, and to ovenize parts of the EFC controller > for > > better stability. > > > > Cheers! > > --Stu > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.